Solon Jail Doubled Its Revenue in 2012
Prisoner-housing agreements with other communities has helped the Solon Jail collect more than $300,000 in revenue in 2012, two times as much as it collected in 2011.
The Solon jail nearly doubled its revenue in 2012 compared to 2011. The jail brought in more than $304,000 in revenue last year, according to the monthly jail reports released by the police department. In 2011, revenue reached about $157,000. The jail spent nearly $125,000 in 2012, compared with about $83,000 in 2011. These costs do not include personnel costs. Solon Police Chief Chris Viland has been busy forging agreements with nearby municipalities to house their prisoners in exchange for a fee. Communities that now use the Solon Jail for their prisoner housing include, but are not limited to, Twinsburg, Orange and others. The city is currently working out a deal with the city of Reminderville. See the full jail report for December 2012…
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Sandy Alves
12:36 am on Friday, February 15, 2013
This is the meal cost in Solon jail, the cost for on the inside is less than $.50 a day per person. Food quantity and quality has nearly no nutritional value at all. more ›